Device for tying wooden members to composite brick and masonry walls

ABSTRACT

A device for anchoring and tying a wooden member to masonry wall constructions including a tying member embodying a base plate which is adapted to underlie the wooden member between the latter and the upper surface of a masonry wall construction and having portions which extend upwardly along the sides of the wooden member and are fastened thereto by suitable fastening means, such as nails or the like. The device includes an anchoring member which includes an upper and main body portion which in use is mounted in a transversely extending groove or recess formed in the base plate of the tying member. The anchoring member also includes a vertically extending depending arm portion which in use is anchored in a vertical position in a mortar joint between a tier of bricks and a tier of concrete blocks and the anchoring member also includes a lower end portion which extends angularly from the vertically extending depending arm portion of the anchoring member and in use is anchored in a horizontal position in a mortar joint between two tiers of the concrete blocks.

United States Patent 1 91 Allen 1 DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS TOCOMPOSITE BRICK AND MASONRY-WALLS George E. Allen, 15513 South DobsonAvenue, Dolton, 111. 60419 [22] Filed: Dec. 28, 1970 [211 App]. No.:101,596

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[52] US. Cl. ..52/300, 52/425, 52/713 [51] Int. CL... ....E04b 1/38,E04h 12/00 [58] Field of Search ..52/300, 369, 370,

[5 6] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS [451 May 1,1973

Primary Examiner-*Henry C. Sutherland Attorney-Charles B. Cannon [57]ABSTRACT A device for anchoring and tying a wooden member to masonrywall constructions including a tying member embodying a base plate whichis adapted to underlie the wooden member between the latter and theupper surface of a masonry wall construction and having portions whichextend upwardly along the sides of the wooden member and are fastenedthereto by suitable fastening means, such as nails or the like. Thedevice includes an anchoring member which includes an upper and mainbody portion which in use is mounted in a transversely extending grooveor recess formed in the base plate of the tying member. The anchoringmember also includes a vertically extending depending arm portion whichin use is anchored in a vertical position in a mortar joint between atier of bricks and a tier of concrete blocks and the anchoring memberalso includes a lower end portion which extends angularly from thevertically extending depending arm portion of the anchoring member andin use is anchored in a horizontal position in a mortar joint betweentwo tiers of the concrete blocks.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures Patented May 1, 1973 3,729,882

INVENTOR. GEORGE E. 'ALLE/V Wa HIE 5552M DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERSTO COMPOSITE BRICK AND MASONRY WALLS OBJECTS An object of the presentinvention is to provide a new and improved anchoring and tying devicefor tying a wooden board, such as a plank, or the like, to a brick orconcrete masonry wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedanchoring and typing device which will comply with the Building Coderequirements of various areas and governmental agencies in that itpossesses the necessary strength to resist high stresses encountered bybuildings during abnormal conditions such as storms, flods, earth shocksand the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedanchoring and tying device which may be used with most masonry wallconstructions and in which the anchoring member embodies a verticallyextending portion which is adapted to be arranged between the tiers ofthe masonry wall construction or in a cavity therein with the body ofthe tying member extending perpendicularly to the anchoring member andextending generally parallel to the upper surface of the masonry wall sothat when the parts are properly positioned the upper portion or body ofthe anchoring member will lie between the masonry units and thus allowthe body of the tying member to be installed in close relationship toand parallel with the top or upper surface of the masonry wall.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedanchoring and tying device which does not require the use ofa diagonalbrace member or like strengthening member and which does not require theuse of welded joints, threaded parts, or the use of accessory parts suchas nuts or clips.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedanchoring and tying device which embodies a novel and simpleconstruction and arrangement for holding the tying member and theanchoring member together in use.

DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES FlG. l is a fragmentary vertical sectional'viewof a typical composite brick or concrete wall construction having awooden member mounted thereon showing one of the new anchoring and tyingdevices in position of use tying the wooden member to the masonry wallconstruction;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the new anchoring and tying deviceshowing a part of the base plate of the tying member and part of theanchoring member broken away;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 2 but showing part of themain body portion of the anchoring member broken away; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional-detail view. on line 4-4 inFIG. 2, showing the main body portion of the anchoring member mounted inposition of use in the transversely extending groove formed in the baseplate ofthe tying member.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A typical and preferred embodiment of thenew devicefor tying wooden members to masonry walls,

such as composite brick and masonry walls, is shown in the drawing,wherein it is generally indicated at 10, and comprises a tying membergenerally indicated at 11 and which includes a main body portion or baseplate 12 having the end portions thereof bent upwardly to provide flangeportions 13; each of the flange portions 13 being provided with holes 14for the reception of fastening elements, such as nails 25, or the like,as will be described hereinafter.

The main body portion or base plate 12 of the tying member 11 includes atransversely extending anchoring recess or groove 15 which is formed inthe main body portion or base plate 12 substantially midway between theend walls or flanges 113 thereof, for a purpose which will be describedpresently.

The new device also includes an anchoring member, generally indicated at16, and which includes an upper and main body portion 17 which in use isadapted to lie in and to be anchored in the groove 15 substantiallyflush with the upper surface of the main body portion of the base plate12. The anchoring device 16 also includes a vertically extendingdepending arm portion 18, which may be of any desired length, and has atits lower end a right angularly extending anchoring arm portion 19.

In the use of the new anchoring and tying device the main body portionor base plate 12 of the tying member 11 is arranged upon the uppersurface of the masonry wall construction 20-21 with the transverselyextending anchoring member 15 extending vertically downwardly into themortar joint 24 between the tiers of .bricks 21 and the tiers ofconcrete blocks 20 and with'the depending arm por'tion 18 of theanchoring member 16 extending vertically downwardly through the mortarjoint 24' and with the rightangularly extending lower end portion 19thereof extending into the mortar joint 23 between the tiers of concreteblocks 20, as shown in F IG. 1.

The end walls or upwardly extending flange portions 13 ofthe tyingmember 11 are then fastened to the wooden member .or plank 22 by meansof fastening means, such as nails 25 inserted through the openings 14 inthe flanges 13 into the wooden member or plank 22.

It has been found in the use of the new anchoring and tying device thatwhen the new tying member 11 and theanchoring member 16 are arranged inuse, as shown in FIG. 1, and with the transversely extending groove 16disposed in the upper portion of the mortar joint 24 between the tiersof bricks 21 and concrete blocks 20 and with the depending arm portion18 anchored in the mortar joint 24 and with the right angularlyextending lower portion 19 of the anchoring member ll'disposed in themortar joint 23 between two layers of concrete blocks 20, and with thetying member 11 fastened to the wooden member or plank 22 as shown, thewooden member or plank 22 is firmly and securely mounted on and fastenedto the masonry wall construction and against dislodgment therefrom whileat the same time the construction of the tying member 11 and theanchoring member 16 is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and lendthemselves to ready packaging and handling in use.

The new anchoring and tying member has adequate A structural strengthsuch that when it is installed as shown in the drawing it will complywith the building code requirements of various areas and governmentalagencies and will resist the stresses to which buildings are subjectedin use including storms, floods, earth shocks and the like.

It will be noted that when the new anchoring and tying device is inposition of use, as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawing, the lower wallsurface of the transversely extending anchoring groove in the base plate12 of the tying member 11 and the transversely extending main bodyportion 17 of the anchoring member 16 are disposed in the mortar joint24 below the upper surface of the masonry wall construction -21, therebyenabling the base plate 12 of the tying member 11 to be installed inclose contact with the upper surface of the masonry wall 20-21 while, atthe same time, firmly anchoring the parts to the masonry wall.

It will further be noted that the construction of the new anchoring andtying device 10 is such that it does not require the use of diagonalbrace members, or threaded fastening parts, or accessory fastening partssuch as nuts, clips, or the like, and that the tying member 11 and theanchoring member 16 are fastened together in use by the relativelysimple attachment of the main body portion 17 of the tying member 11 inthe transversely extending groove or recess 15 in the base plate 12 ofthe tying member 16.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, that the present inventionprovides a new and improved anchoring and tying device for tying woodenmembers to masonry walls, or to concrete block walls, or the like, andthat the invention thus has the desirable advantage and characteristicsand accomplishes its intended objects including those hereinbeforepointed out and others which are inherent in the invention.

I claim:

I. A masonry wall construction having a tier of vertically stackedbricks and an adjacent tier of vertically stacked concrete blocks, saidwall construction having an upper surface and inner and outer surfaces,a vertically extending mortar joint between and bonding together theadjacent tiers of bricks and concrete blocks, horizontally extendingmortar joints between and bonding together adjacent bricks and betweenand bonding together adjacent concrete blocks, a tying and anchoringdevice on the wall upper surface, including a substantially flat,rectangularly shaped base plate having an upper surface, and a lowersurface lying in flat engagement on the wall upper surface and extendingtransversely thereacross, an integral, vertical, upstanding flange oneach of the opposite edges of the base plate, said flanges extendingparallel to the wall inner and outer surfaces and extending upwardly arelatively short distance in relation to the width of the base plate, atransverse, central depression in said base plate extending completelythereacross parallel to the flanges, said depression received in thevertical mortar joint between the adjacent tiers of bricks and concreteblocks, a one-piece rod-like anchoring member secured to the base plateand to the masonry wall, including a first horizontal portion pivotallyreceived in said central depression and substantially co-extensive inlength therewith, said depression and said first horizontal ortiondisposed below the up er surface of the base p ate, an 1n egral,vertical por ion oined at one end to one end of said first horizontalportion and extending downwardly in said vertical mortar joint betweenthe adjacent tiers of bricks and concrete blocks, a second horizontalportion integral with the other end of said vertical portion andextending at right angles to said vertical portion and to said firsthorizontal portion and extending into one of said horizontal mortarjoints between a pair of vertically stacked concrete blocks in said tierof concrete blocks, securely anchoring said base plate to said masonrywall, an elongate wooden member having a bottom surface in flatengagement with the upper surface of the base plate and opposite sideedges in engagement with the upstanding flanges, and means projectingfrom said flanges into the opposite side edges of the wooden member tosecure the wooden member-to the tying and anchoring device and thus tothe top surface of the masonry wall.

1. A masonry wall construction having a tier of vertically stackedbricks and an adjacent tier of vertically stacked concrete blocks, saidwall construction having an upper surface and inner and outer surfaces,a vertically extending mortar joint between and bonding together theadjacent tiers of bricks and concrete blocks, horizontally extendingmortar joints between and bonding together adjacent bricks and betweenand bonding together adjacent concrete blocks, a tying and anchoringdevice on the wall upper surface, including a substantially flat,rectangularly shaped base plate having an upper surface, and a lowersurface lying in flat engagement on the wall upper surface and extendingtransversely thereacross, an integral, vertical, upstanding flange oneach of the opposite edges of the base plate, said flanges extendingparallel to the wall inner and outer surfaces and extending upwardly arelatively short distance in relation to the width of the base plate, atransverse, central depression in said base plate extending completelythereacross parallel to the flanges, said depression received in thevertical mortar joint between the adjacent tiers of bricks and concreteblocks, a onepiece rod-like anchoring member secured to the base plateand to the masonry wall, including a first horizontal portion pivotallyreceived in said central depression and substantially coextensive inlength therewith, said depression and said first horizontal portiondisposed below the upper surface of the base plate, an integral,vertical portion joined at one end to one end of said first horizontalportion and extending downwardly in said vertical mortar joint betweenthe adjacent tiers of bricks and concrete blocks, a second horizontalportion integral with the other end of said vertical portion andextending at right angles to said vertical portion and to said firsthorizontal portion and extending into one of said horizontal mortarjoints between a pair of vertically stacked concrete blocks in said tierof concrete blocks, securely anchoring said base plate to said masonrywall, an elongate wooden member having a bottom surface in flatengagement with the upper surface of the base plate and opposite sideedges in engagement with the upstanding flanges, and means projectingfrom said flAnges into the opposite side edges of the wooden member tosecure the wooden member to the tying and anchoring device and thus tothe top surface of the masonry wall.